Lucia Corno

Lucia Corno is Professor of Economics at Cattolica University (Milan). She is Co-Founder and past Executive Director (2016–2026) of the Laboratory for Effective Antipoverty Policies (LEAP) at Bocconi University. She is also a Research Fellow at CEPR, J-PAL, IFS, RFBerlin and elected Council member of the European Economic Association and on the Executive Committee of the European Development Research Network (EUDN).

Lucia received her PhD in Economics from Bocconi University in 2009. She was a graduate visiting scholar at the University of California, Berkeley, and at the Institute for International Economic Studies (IIES) in Stockholm. Before joining Cattolica, she held academic positions at University College London and Queen Mary University of London, and was a visiting professor at Harvard Kennedy School.

Her research focuses on Development Economics and Health Economics, with a particular emphasis on harmful gender norms and women’s empowerment. She also studies housing poverty and homelessness. Lucia regularly collaborates with governments and international organizations to evaluate the effectiveness of antipoverty policies.